Kaplony
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Sen Inhofe introduces bill to end "catch and release" of illegal immigrants
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/...untry.html
Quote:Oklahoma’s senior senator says he has a novel way to end the controversial practice of “catch and release” on the border.
Instead of releasing illegal immigrants once they are caught trying to enter the country – and hope they show up to immigration court – Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., proposes sending them back to their home country. That way, he said, the illegal immigrants don’t become “absorbed” in the U.S. after they fail to show up to court.
A large number of illegal immigrants who are caught, then released, fail to show up to immigration court, he said. They end up staying in the county illegally, he said.
Following a tour with border agents in Brownsville, Texas, on Monday, Inhofe said he planned to introduce legislation in the next three weeks that would allow immigration agents to send those caught illegally crossing the border back home.
“This merely says if they’re caught in the country, send them back to their country while they wait for the court date,” he said.
President Trump signed an executive order last year to end “catch-and-release,” when illegal immigrants are detained and let go in the U.S. But his plan, to keep the immigrants detained until their court proceedings have ended, was stymied by a years-long backlog in immigration court and shortage of beds at detention centers.
But Inhofe said “catch and release” does not have to continue because of the bed shortage.
"The reason why 70 percent of [undocumented immigrants] don't make their court date is because [the federal government doesn’t] make them stay in their country,” he said. “And, obviously, if I were in that position, I'd be off someplace else too."
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SuperFlyBCat
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RE: Sen Inhofe introduces bill to end "catch and release" of illegal immigrants
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03-27-2018 08:25 PM |
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GeminiCoog
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RE: Sen Inhofe introduces bill to end "catch and release" of illegal immigrants
Yes! YES! Make it happen!
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03-28-2018 01:29 PM |
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HeartOfDixie
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RE: Sen Inhofe introduces bill to end "catch and release" of illegal immigrants
... the biggest danger to the establishment right now is this kind of obvious **** being exposed.
Most Americans probably don't realize how things have been working.
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03-28-2018 06:29 PM |
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